Hypercar Piques the Auto Industry,
Pushed by Green Guru Amory Lovins

OLD SNOWMASS, Colo. -- From his solar-powered digs down the road from the ski slopes of Aspen, Amory Lovins is gearing up to take on the giants of the global auto industry.

Mr. Lovins has a degree from Oxford University, a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant and a reputation as an environmental consultant that fetches him as much as $20,000 a day. At the age of 53, he has written or co-written 27 books and co-founded an environmental think tank that has spun off three for-profit businesses. But his pet project these...